Richard Feynman Quotes

It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.

Richard Feynman

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• There ought to be more grants that go to people in their late twenties and early thirties. That's a crucial age, although it's very hard to judge who is worth supporting and who is not. Looking back on my own life, I see that was the period when I was closest to giving up as a novelist and when I most needed some encouragement.

  

  Edmund White
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.

  

  Jack Whitehall
  • Up
  • Best
  • Always

• You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Work
  • Girl
  • Yourself

• I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Think
  • Government
  • Easy

• Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • People
  • More
  • Questioning

• The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Life
  • Writing
  • She

• The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Way
  • Swing
  • Bat

• I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.

  

  Tania Raymonde
  • Movie
  • Matter
  • Genre

• And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.

  

  Lance Ito
  • Important
  • Truth
  • American

• I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • People
  • Me
  • College

• If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach.

  

  Irving Kirsch
  • You
  • Talk
  • Doctor

• I'm not a revolutionary, and I'm not a warrior.

  

  Bassem Youssef
  • Warrior
  • Revolutionary

• People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.

  

  Major Owens
  • People
  • Change
  • Result

• I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.

  

  Bea Arthur
  • Youth
  • Very
  • Involved

• I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.

  

  Candace Parker
  • Together
  • Strong
  • Team

• I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Day
  • Brand
  • Queen

• A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Done
  • Power
  • Leader

• Big nations should not bully smaller ones. Disputes should be resolved peacefully.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Nations
  • Resolve
  • Disputes

• The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor,The varnished clock that clicked behind the door;The chest contrived a double debt to pay,A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Night
  • Door
  • Wall

• Job Control Language is the worst programming language ever designed anywhere by anybody for any purpose.

  

  Fred Brooks
  • Job
  • Control
  • Purpose

• There are some people that we know all our lives and yet never really feel we know them at all. But there are other people—” Unable to resist the temptation, he ran a feather-light caress down the curve of her cheek with one leather-sheathed knuckle. The cobalt depths of her eyes flickered with response, but she said nothing, heeding his every word. “—people we meet in a day, and instantly, it feels as though we’ve known them all our lives.

  

  Gaelen Foley
  • People
  • Temptation
  • Response

• There is no great; there is no small; in the mind that causeth all.

  

  Zitkala-Sa
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Causeth

• If God did not act first, no one would be saved.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • First
  • Saved

• It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.

  

  Richard Feynman
  • Mind
  • Existence
  • Conditions